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   In this globalization era, there have been so many kinds of transportation which are really useful in human’s life, for example cars. I saw two cars that have been parked in front of Q3 building this evening, there were Toyota Avanza and Suzuki Ertiga. Both cars look different at first glance. The differences between those two cars were in brand, color, price and of course number plate. When I saw the Avanza I directly felt an interest in it. It had silver color that made it looks beautiful. As one of the best cars, it also has a high price. The price was for about Rp. 170.000.000. The last thing I saw from the car was the number plate which was mounted on lower part of the car. The number plate was N 1846 CJ. Beside the Avanza, was also parked an Ertiga which has red color. It was looked brighter than the Avanza. It’s price was around Rp. 175.000.000. I also saw it’s number plate from the place where I stood up. The number place was N 386 GC. They also have the same thing in exterior, interior and their function. Let me saw Toyota Avanza from the exterior. The color was resembled to a spoon, It was silver colored minivan. It measures about 4 meters in length, 1.6 meters in width, and 1.6 meters in height. Like most minivan, it has a hood, 3 rear windows, 2 doors on each side, and a door on it backside.  Now let me gave a look on it interior. Just like most minivan it has 2 seats on in front, 3 in the middle, and also 3 seats at the back side that can be folded. For entertainment media, it has a built in audio system. Toyota Avanza also has an air conditioner like most of modern cars. Now let me talked about overall function of this car. It is a minivan car, so that it used for traveling with people. The car is suitable for traveling with family or friends, and it is comfortable enough to fit up to 8 people inside it. It was a good car for traveling, but it can not go well in off road. This car was still able to travel on dirt road, but not a road with a rough surface.  Now let me continue to the second car. The second car is Suzuki Ertiga. From the outside or the exterior, we could see it has red color. For the measurement 4 meters in length, 1.6 meters in width and also in height. Same as Toyota Avanza, it has a hood, 3 rear windows, 2 doors on each side, and a door on the backside. For the interior, it has 2 seats in first row, 3 seats in the second row, and 3 seats in the last row the last row seats can be folded. As a minivan as common, the overall function is suitable for traveling with family or friends. Approximately 8 people can get into this car. Same like Toyota Avanza, this Suzuki Ertiga will not be able to travel in rough road. In brief, Toyota Avanza and Suzuki Ertiga have differences and similarities in a few ways. 

LUH GEDE TRI PURWANI DEWI
M. ABDULLAH SALIM
RAMADHANTRA SANCAKA
YULIA ROFIQOH
MELLIA KHRISTIANAWATI
DEWI SUSAN
DIAJENG FITRAH
ANJAA'A BIRRQIY

              

            In this globalizationera, there has been so many kinds of transportations, which are useful in human’s life. A car is one of them.  This is an example of car transportation that I saw in front of my class some days ago. When I looked out the windows, I found two cars were parked near my class.  They are Avanza and Ertiga. At a glance, they looked similar. However, they are different inseveral things. First of all, I will tell you about the similarity of those cars. I have divided it into three identical parts: interior, exterior, and function. Avanza and Ertiga are equal in their interior. They have two seats in front, which are on the right side on the driver’s seat and the left on the passenger, three seats in the middle, and threebackseats that can be folded. The position of the rear view mirror, steering wheel, gearshift, and the handbrake are also similar. They are in the front, surely near the driver’s seat. For the entertainment media, they have a built-in audio system and an air conditioner like most modern car in common. Next, the exterior of Avanza has similarity with Ertiga. Both cars are minivan. Avanza’s trunk is at the back and so is Ertiga. The hood of those cars is in front, where the engines are.  The codes of their license plates, which show car area, are the same. That is N for Malang city. Last, the function of Avanza is just the same as Ertiga. They are types of family car so they are suitable for travelling. Conversely, they cannot be driven for travelling over rough ground. To sum up, Avanza and Ertiga are alike in several ways. In other hand, those cars had some differences, which can be classified in four aspects; those are brand name, colour, price, and plate number.   The first dissimilarity which is very clear, is the brand name.  The car on the right side is Toyota Avanza.  We can find the brand name on the backside of the car’s body.  It is on the left side and below the back screen.  While the other car on the left side is Suzuki Ertiga.  The easiest way to know the brand name is by looking for it on the backside of the car’s body.  You will see the word “Ertiga” as the brand name of the car.  The next distinction between those two cars is the colour.  We can see it clearly.  Toyota Avanza is the one with a black colour.  In a contrast, Suzuki Ertiga has a silver colour.  From the price, we can also find the difference.  Toyota Avanza is worth about Rp 170.000.000.  Whereas Suzuki Ertiga has a price which is a little bit more expensive, it is about Rp 175.000.000. The other dissimilarity from those two cars is the number plate.  The number plate of Toyota Avanza is N 1846 CJ.  On the other hand, Suzuki Ertiga’s number plate is N 386 GC.  In brief, although those cars have equality in some aspects, they will have different features due to their different brand name and price so that customers are supposed to choose their own transportation selectively.

LUH GEDE PURWANI DEWI
M. ABDULLAH SALIM
RAMADHANTRA SANCAKA
YULIA ROFIQOH
MELLIA KHRISTIANAWATI
DEWI SUSAN
DIAJENG FITRAH
ANJAA'A BIRRQIY

Sooner or later, we will get married. In my mind, an ideal husband should meet several criteria. Three of which are he walks as faith, then he has a good personality, and also good looking. According to me, walk as faith means he has a strong belief about God and can guide the family in a religious way. He can teach us about how we should balancing our attitudes, words, and our hearts to trust God completely through real examples in daily life so that religion is not just a mask. For example, he reminds and encourages the family to pray together in time. Then he can tell a story that could build self-awareness which is based on our holy book like story of Pandavas and Kauravas in Mahabaratha epic or story of Rama-Sinta in Ramayana epic and many more. Of course, when we already have our self-awareness, we will have faith in the Lord and we will get happiness as a family. It will be precious. Related to the religion, although the difference is beauty, but actually I wish my future husband has a same religion with me. Do you know why? I think if we have a same religion, we can more easily to integrate our principles in educate our children to be obedient to God through a religion that will not confuse them someday. The second one is my future husband should have a good personality. He should be responsible as a husband or a father of our children later. Responsible here means he is wise in solving any problems that may be encountered in a domestic life like money as a classic problem, and he can  also fulfill the needs of family including material and spiritual. Then, he is smart to be a commander in our family, polite, and has an authority, so that our children later could imitate him to have a good mind and good behavior in interaction with other people or even in facing their own life. So, I think that having a future husband who has a good personality is really important. The third criterion is my future husband should be good looking. He looks tidy, he is taller than me, he has a sweet smile, and wearing a glasses. He has tanned skin and he has dashing body as well. Actually, I imagine that my future husband’s physically like Mischa Chandrawinata. He is cool and cute! I think how lucky I am if I have a handsome future husband like him. It might affect our future offspring’s physically like having a handsome, beautiful, cool, or cute children. So, according to me an ideal future husband should meet those criteria above. He walks as faith or has a strong belief about God; he has a good personality, and good looking as well. Finally, do you think that it is interesting to be a wife who has an ideal husband like that? Oh, pretty cool! J

Luh Gede T. P. D.

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In general, some languages have their accents. English as one of the languages in the world also has accents, but there is a problem in learning it. Most of English learners are wondering about the importance of English accents. They are confronted with two English accents to learn: American English and British English (leaving aside Australian, Indian, Singaporean English, etc.). As the time goes by, those two accents have changed due to the cross cultural influences such asvocabularies, spellings, andpronunciations as well.So, is it important to learn those two English accents?

To answer that question, first of all, let us compare between American English and British English.There are many differences between those two accents, three of which arethe definitions, spellings, and vocabularies. Wikipedia states, “American English is the form of English used in the United States. It includes all English dialects used within the United States. Otherwise,British English isthe form of English used in the United Kingdom. It includes all English dialects used within the United Kingdom.” In spellings, American English has more economical spellings than British English. For example, there is an excision of the letter ‘u’ in words such as “color” belongs to American English and “colour” belongs to British English. It is also in word “program” and “programme”, “check” and “cheque”, and many more. Furthermore, some vocabularies of American English and British English are different, especially in their term. For instance, “elevator” belongs to American English and “lift” belongs to British English. Another example is “rest room” for American English and “toilet” for British English, etc. In spite of those differences, both American English and British English also have similarities. One resemblance is that the same articles that we use such as “the”, “and”, “but”, etc. Another similarity is its pronunciation of the letters, except for the letter “z” which is usually pronounced “zed” outside of the United States. Both American English and British English have the same adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs as well. In short, American English and British English have differences and similarities. Of course, the differences and similarities are related to the difficulties in learning those two accents. Our ability in differentiate both accents is one step forward to master it.

On the other hand,non-native English learners mostly have difficulties in learning American English and British English. It is because of many obstructions. One obstruction is the learners’ first language. Mostly the learners’ accents are influenced by their mother tongue. It is quite difficult to change, for instance it needs a long period of time. Besides, it is such an obstacle if the learners have unsupported surroundings. It does not mean that the learners’ environment is bad in English but the people around mostly assume that accents are not necessary to learn. They think that as long as people understand our language, it does not matter about the accents. It is such a trouble if the learners eager to know English accents. Another obstacle is the learners do not have good role models in learning accents. It will be OK to learn the accents if the learners are living in English speaking countries, especially in America and England because the learners can compare their accents with the natives. However, the learners who are living outside America and England have doubts in learning accents. Their friends, elders, even their teachers are sometimes not sure with their own accents. In brief, there are some factors that hamper non-native English learners in learning English accents such as their first languages, their surroundings, and also their role models. Obviously, their doubts in learning English accents are growing up. It should be minimized or even be erased.

To eliminate the learners’ doubts in learning English accents, the learners should know how necessary the accents are. It is right if people say that the accents are not really matter as long as other people understand our languages, but it will be great if we can master English with a good accent, whether it is American English or British English. The most important thing in learning English accents is to build our self-confident especially in speaking aspect. If we are not sure about our accents, of course it influences our self-confident. For example, in a particular situation we may be afraid if other people laugh at our accents, but if we have a good English accent, we will be brave and confident in English speaking whatever the situation. The second significant point in learning English accents is we can broaden horizons. It means we are not just learning an accent, but we are also learning a culture. An accent shows a culture. An obvious example, Americans are using American English and Britons are using British English. In a particular situation, there is a cross cultural between them. The result is Americans know about British English, even they sometimes use it, and vice versa. The least prominent in learning English accent is others’ impressions. It is one of human characteristics that human needs good impressions from others. For example, if we have a good English accent, others will think that we are intelligent, presentable, etc. In a nutshell, to eliminate our doubts in learning English accents, we have to know how important the accents are. If we are able to master an English accent, it can build our self-confident, broaden our horizons especially in cultural development, and increase our prestige that is impressed by others.

To sum up, English actually has many accents, but mostly people face two English accents, specifically American English and British English. The English learners who want to know the importance of learning English accents have to understand about the accent. As English has American English and British English,the learners should be able to find out the differences and similarities so that it will ease them to learn it. In learning those accents, they will have some difficulties such as their first language which is influenced by their mother tongue, their surroundings, and their role models.Those difficulties generally make them indecisive in learning English accent, whether American English or British English. Moreover, some people say that English accent is not really matter as long as other people understand what they say. Although that opinion is right, learning English accent is still necessary indeed. By learning English accents, we will be able to build our self-confident up, to increase our knowledge especially in cultural development, and to have nice valuation from others related to our ability in English accents. Those are the reasons why we should learn English accent.

Sources:

Admin. Comparison of American and British English. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English. May 11, 2013.

Admin. Do Accent Really Matters? From: http://www.italki.com/question/51787. May 11, 2013.

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English is my favorite course in my lifetime. I have wanted to master it since I was in the Junior High School, but there are some obstructions to me in learning English. The factors that hamper me in learning English are internal factors and external factors. One internal factor is laziness. Sometimes, I am lazy to do my English assignments which especially are repeatedly such as grammar and writing assignments. Because of my laziness, I become a procrastinator in doing my tasks. For example, in my writing class, the lecturer asks me to make a good writing, but I might not good in grammar which influences my writing so my writing should be revised again and again. The problem is the virus of laziness comes into me myself when I want to revise my writing. I delay the time and being a procrastinator until the latter. I know that is bad and I am still trying to control it by submitting my writing tasks including its revision on time. Another internal factor is my ability in learning English materials. It is quite difficult for me to understand what the speaker says by only listening once or twice. I think I need more listening practices to increase my listening skill. It is almost the same with my capability in speaking skill as another internal factor that holds me up in learning English. I am not fluent yet in speaking English. Another internal factor is my adversity to remember new vocabularies and its meaning in a short time. I do not know exactly why, I just often forget, and I think it is just passing through my head and then fading away. Besides, the other factor that obstructs me in learning English is external factors. One external factor is my unsupported surroundings. When I was in the Junior High School, I did not have partners in learning English. I did not feel free to use English, for instance in my daily conversation. Whenever I spoke English outside the class, my surroundings especially my friends will say I was ostentatious, arrogant, etcetera; whereas actually I wanted to learn. They did not care. I also faced the same thing in my Senior High School, even with my friends who were joined English Club.  Another external factor is the pressure. Actually, I hate to work under the pressure. It makes me complicated and sometimes I lose my ideas. For example, in facing English tests, I know I should be fast because of the limited time, but it is not easy to me. I might be nervous so I lose my mind. I hate this moment. In brief, whether intern or extern factors, those are obstruct me in learning English. I am still trying to control those factors. As the time goes by, I hope I will be able to master English well. J

Luh Gede T.P.D.

As a college student, I can see many differences between high school students and college students based on my experience. Many people also think that high school students are different, but actually they have many similarities. Both of them are the same in general purpose, social relation, and in getting some opportunities. High school students mostly come to school to study. They must study some objects such as Science, Mathematics, Languages, and many more. Related to social relation, high school students are making friendships and some of them are joining school organizations like student council, scouting, or something like that. They can build a social relation with people around them whether friends or teachers, even with other people in other locations or schools that they do not know before. High school students also have some opportunities especially in getting scholarships. Some of them are fighting to get a scholarship to support their needs in learning. For instance, they found an announcement about a scholarship so they will prepare themselves in case they want to get it. They might study hard to get a good mark as one of some requirements in getting a scholarshipor they might active in student’s organizations. Actually they have many ways to get those opportunities. Likewise high school students, college students also have similarities in those things. Most of college students enroll the university to learn some courses more deeply. For example, when I was in high school, I studied many objects including English and I have wanted to learn English more in the university so I enrolled English Department. College students are also making friendships whether in campus or outside campus. They mostly feel free to share many things by friendships. Some of them are joining organization as well. College students also have many chances in getting scholarship. They will know the information about scholarships from the faculty, the internet, and also their friends. Although many people said that high school students and college students are different, they still have similarities in general purpose, social relation, and in having some opportunities especially to attain scholarship. People should change their point of view anyway. On the other hand, in every similarity, there will be any differences. If we talk about the differences between high school students and college students, there have been so many opinions about that. Let us say in their fashion style. In high school, the students must wear a uniform. For example, from Monday to Thursday they wear white-grey uniform, on Friday they wear a scout uniform, and on Saturday they wear batik. Actually, the uniform in one high school is not always the same with others. It depends on the school’s rule. Meanwhile, college students must not wear uniform every weekday. They can go to college wearing any clothes they want as long as it is polite or allowed in their own faculty or university. The other dissimilarity between high school students and college students is in their time they spend in the school and in the campus. In general, high school students only spend their regular time in the school. For example, they go to school in 7 a.m. up to 2 p.m. and during the time they should be in school. It is different from college students who spend their time in the campus not only in regular time but also in extension. It means they could spend their time almost a whole day. It shows an analogy that campus is the second home to college students. High school students and college students have distinction in preferences as well. For example, high school students prefer to call their teacher by teacher than lecturer, but college students call their teacher by lecturer. Other examples, high school students prefer mentionthemselves are studying an object rather than say they are taking a course like college students. The other difference between both of them is their manner. They have a different manner especially in study. High school students still need directions from their teachers in study. Their teachers mostly guide them in study by a conventional way and it affects the students’ manner. It is able to make them lazy to find out by themselves the main point of the object that they learn. Of course, it is quite different frommost of college students who are accustomed to learning independently. Their lecturers still provide directions, but the students must be active in learning. Being active or passive is kind of manner to college students which is influence the learning process among them. For example, before the lecturers give the course, the lecturers mostly ask their understanding about the section that they will learn. After knowing how far the students’ comprehension, the lecturers will share about the main point of the section and the students should develop their comprehension. This learning process enables college students to set up their independence. So, we can see that among the resemblances between high school students and college students, there are many differences such as their fashion style, their time that they spend in the school or in the campus, their social relationship, and their manner as well. However, both of them are unity in diversity.

Luh Gede T. P.D.

Step 1. 50 Words

Beethoven is a great musician that was going to deaf when he was 28. He was in despair, so he went to Heiligenstadt. He stuck for a while but he went on writing music. Even when he went completely deaf, his music became more glorious and inspirated millions of people.

Step 2. Diamond = 36 Words

Beethoven

As                   a

great           musician         was

going             to              deaf               in      

his              28.               He                 was                 in    

 despair          but              he             went              on           writing    

 music.            Even          when           he            went 

    completely           deaf,          his         music    

   became      glorious       and        

inspirated         many

people.

Step 3. Topic Idea.

I like my private room in my boarding house. It is my cozy bedroom. The shape is rectangle like most rooms and its wall has cream color without any posters. I like that situation because it looks clean and I feel so comfortable in it. It is not so large but all of the things inside are well-organized. When you open the door, you will directly see my simple dresser on the back wall. It made of teak wood and it has a brown color. I put some books neatly on top of it. Besides, I put an air freshener. On the right side of my dresser about 50 cm, there is my comfy bed with pink bed linen, one pillow, and one blanket on it. It is very soft and smooth so I love lying down all the time on it. In front of my bed, there is a table with two drawers. The table is quite long so I divide it into three spaces. I put my rice-cooker on the right space of the table, I put my laptop in the middle space of the table, and on the left space I put my cosmetics such as face cleaner, perfume, lotion, etc. I also put my stuff in the drawers like charger, some old novels, and something like that. I have no chair so I usually sit on my bed and face the table. On the left side of my bed about 50 cm, there is a wall and on right side I choose to put nothing because I need a space to do stretching every morning. I try to organize my stuffs in my private room neatly, good looking, clean, and comfortable. That is why I love my private room. 

Maybe I need an air conditioner to fit up my comfort in it. J

Luh Gede T. P. D.

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There is an advertisement on the wall. It seems interesting. The most fascinating is its design. It has a good combination between color, lettering, and picture. Its color is not so bright but it still shows joy such as blue, green, purple, pink, yellow, white, black, and also red. Its color combination is balanced so that my eyes quite interested to see it for a moment. Its lettering and its picture are kinds of nice creativity as well. It does not use the same type of letter, so it is not a boring view. The picture also shows enjoyment. There is a performance of the guest star on the stage, and the viewers look full of spirit to watch it. The second interesting point is the event in Faculty of Letter State University of Malang. This event can be a place to show our color. Color here means our creativity in many spheres. Those spheres are music, theater, poems, dance, art performance, movies, etc. We can show our talents here. It will be great! Of course, if we show our best, we can be famous, we can have a lot of fans, or we can have a satisfaction in ourselves. So, this event is quite good, right? The least one is a fantastic label on the left side of the advertisement. That is FREE! We do not need to pay anything, even when we join the event or just being a viewer. Related to our budget, we do not need to be worry and indirectly we can develop our talent, we can learn as well without any payment. This advertisement is quite interesting based on its design, its information, and its function related to our budget. So, if we have a talent to show, why do we still think twice to join this interesting event? Come on, there is a contact person in the advertisement, just contact them soon!

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Approximately 11 years ago, my parents built an usual house. Like most houses in Bali, on the corner between north and east there is a family temple. In front of the temple about 1 meter, there is a worshipping place which is called Bale Sari. Around the temple there is a large yard where the green neat grasses are lived. There are also many beautiful flowers. The flowers are roses, orchids, and many more. On the left side of the worshipping place about 2 meters, there is my parents’ house. Actually, the shape is rectangle and inside the house there are eight rooms. On the corner between North and East of the house there is my parents’ room. In front of my parent’s room about 1 meter there is my room. On the left side of my room, there is a living room that is also directly near the door. On the left side of the living room, there is my sister’s room. In front of my sister’s room about 1 meter there is a dining room. Next to the dining room about 1 meter there is a kitchen and a bathroom. In front of the bathroom there is a garage. Those are inside parts of the house. In front of the house there is a small pool where my fishes are. Its shape is ellipse so I do not know the size exactly. To sum up, all of the parts in my parents’ house are usual like other houses in Bali. However, I love to living there in my lifetime.

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Sometimes, teaching English for young learners is not very easy. It needs some methods in teaching English to ease young learners to understand what the main point of learning English. The most important one is nonconventional method. It means students must not learn English only in the classroom but also outdoor. For example, teachers can encourage students to learn outside the classroom so that the class will not be boring. Teachers are not only providing explanations and students are not only take a note but also being able to practice directly. Teacher can tell the students that they need to learning by doing in English class. The second significant and also interesting thing in learning English for young learner is games. Students often feel bored if teachers just explain the theories in learning English so teachers need to include games that related to English like puzzles, scrabbles, etc. It will make the students think that English is not a boring class. The least prominent in encourage students especially young learners in learning English is songs or video clips. Those are interesting but the students might not understand on what the purposes of the songs or video clips. Songs or video clips might be effective to increase their vocabularies as well but young learners have to catch the right purposes of those songs or video clips and it needs much more time to understand. So, I think to make the students especially young learners to understand the main point of learning English is not really easy and it needs some necessary methods such as nonconventional method, games, and also songs or video clips. Let us try to practice those.

Luh Gede T. P. D.

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People have a good and a bad time in their lives, including me myself. Yesterday was such a good time for me. I did everything right for instance my preparation to join classes was pretty good. I had done my homework and I did not forget praying. I had a good breakfast as well. That was an omelet and a cup of tea. Everything was going right up to afternoon. I studied clearly until the end of the classes. After that, I went to my friend’s boarding house to take my flashdisk and suddenly I got a delicious lunch. My friend bought me a portion of meatball and we ate it together. My friend was friendly. We talked about many things especially our plans to pray together in Bhuana Kerta Temple in the evening. It was about 4 p.m. I decided to go home and prepared myself to the temple. At 5 p.m. my friend picked me up in my boarding house and then we went to the temple that is located in Singosari. We needed about 30 minutes to reach the place and on the way we discussed about East Java. When we arrived, we saw many people there. Gradually I knew that there was such a religion event in the temple so that many people worshipping. In the evening, my friend and I prayed with other people in togetherness. I felt the situation in the temple and around it was very peaceful. I felt good. I wanted to stay there some hours more while I realized that time showed 9 p.m. So, I went home and then slept tight with a nice dream. In brief, I have had a good time yesterday. I hope I could have any other good times forever more.

Luh Gede T. P. D.

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Some of us may do not know how children can talk and how it develops. Here is a wide range of normal language development in children. It divides on some typical language development based on the age of the child. In 6 months, children can build an intonation in their vocalization. They can make many responses of some stimulants that come into them such as they can respond to their name; they can respond to human voices without visual cues by turning his head and eyes, they can respond appropriately to friendly and angry tones as well. In 12 months, they can use one or more words with meaning that might be a fragment of a word. For example, they use word “Mom” to call their mother. It is the simple one which has a meaning for children. Then, they can understand simple instructions, especially if vocal or physical cues are given like “cupcupcup” when they cry or “byebye” while someone else is waving to them. They also can practice their inflection and they are aware of the social valuable of speech because anyone around them seems so fluent in talk each other. In 18 months, they have vocabulary of approximately 5-20 words which made up chiefly of nouns, they have some echolalia (repeating a word or phrase over and over), they use much jargon with emotional content, and they are able to follow simple commands like wave when someone else asks to. In 24 months, they can name a number of objects common to their surroundings; they are able to use at least two prepositions, usually chosen from the following: in, on, under; their rhythm and fluency often poor and their volume and pitch of voice not yet well-controlled.  Also in 24 months, approximately 2/3 of what child says should be intelligible. They have vocabulary items of approximately 150-300 words, and they can use two pronouns correctly: I, me, you, although me and I are often confused. They can respond to such commands as “show me your eyes (nose, mouth, hair, etc.)” as well. In 36 months, they can use pronouns I, you, me correctly. They know chief parts of body and should be able to indicate those. About 90% of what child says should be intelligible and they have in the neighborhood of 900-1000 words. They understand most simple questions dealing with their environment and activities. They relate their experiences so that they can be followed with reason, they should be able to give their name, sex, age, and they should not be expected to answer all questions although they understand what is expected. In 48 months, they know names of familiar animals like chicken, cow, etc. They know one or more colors, names common objects in picture books or magazines, and they can repeat 4 digits or words of 4 syllables when they are given slowly. They have also much repetition of words, phrases, syllables, and even sounds. In 60 months, they can use many descriptive words spontaneously-both adjectives and adverbs, they can count to 10, and their speech should be completely intelligible in spite of articulation problems. Here, they should be able to repeat sentences as long as nine words, they should know his age and should have simple time concepts: morning, afternoon, night, day, later, after, while, tomorrow, yesterday, today, etc. Their speech on the whole should be grammatically correct as well. In brief, they have much language development based on their age. Their parents should be aware to children’s language development. If the child seems to be significantly behind in language development, their parents should talk with the child’s physician regarding their questions and concerns.

SOURCES :

http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/ss/early-childhood-development_4.htm

http://www.talkingchild.com/chartvocab.aspx

http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/child-development/language_development.shtml

Luh Gede T. P. D.
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Nowadays, TV is such a common household communication device in homes, as a source of entertainment and news. The family members in homes mostly often watch TV including children. Especially for children, TV has its advantages and its disadvantages that depends on how much time the children watch TV and what kinds of program the children watch. One advantage of TV for the children is TV provides opportunities for children to learn about all kinds of things. In another word, the children can increase their knowledge by watching TV. For example, preschoolers can get help learning the alphabet on public television, grade-schoolers can learn about wildlife on nature shows, and parents can keep up with current events on the evening news. No doubt about it, TV can be an excellent educator and entertainer. Another advantage of TV is it can increase children’s range of interest since it exposes them to a variety of activities and topics. If the activities on TV interest them, they will try to do the same activities. It means they get a motivation from TV and it is influence their way of life. For instance, they interest at a movie on TV which the character is smart, diligent, and polite so that they will imitate that character.  Another advantage of children’s TV watching is the children can be creative and imaginative to make something new such as handicrafts, dolls, or something like that. Meanwhile, despite its advantages, too much TV can be detrimental the children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV. They are more likely to be overweight, because they are inactive and mostly tend to snack while watching TV.  Another disadvantage is TV probably makes most of the children become lazy to do other important things like their homework.  Some negative program on TV such as scary-looking things like monsters, violence, and information about sex on TV can influence the children’s attitude as well. Scary-looking things like grotesque monsters especially frighten children aged two to seven. The children under age eight cannot always tell the difference between fantasy and reality. The children who view violent acts are more likely to show aggressive behavior but also fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them. TV characters often depict risky behaviors as well, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce gender-role and racial stereotypes. The commercial advertisements on TV also give bad influences to the children. They do not know what the exact purpose of the commercial advertisement is on TV so that they might be a victim. They probably want to buy unimportant things which are shown on the commercial advertisement. In brief, TV has its advantages and its disadvantages especially for children who mostly spend their time watching TV. Clearly, not all programs need please everybody. In this case, the parents do have a choice of programs, they also have a choice for themselves and their children of watching or not watching TV. There is an “Off” button on every set. J

                                                                                                           Luh Gede T. P. D.

Sometimes, I miss my childhood. In my lifetime, it is a lovely one. When I was a child, I lived with my parents in Tabanan City, the place that I was born in. I grew up there until I was four year old. At that time, we lived in a rent house and my parents’ economy was poor. My parents worked hard to buy some foods, clothes, milk, and everything I needed as a child so they often left me with my grandmother. In 1999, my parents picked me up to move to Jembrana Regency. My parents built a small house as our place to live for a long time. Since that, my lovely childhood has begun. I did many things with my parents together almost everyday. For example, my mother as a teacher often urged me to follow her. Although my father also did it, mostly I spent my time with my mother. I often felt jealous with my mother’s students when I joined her. She seemed to be care to her students more than me. I was really jealous so that I wanted to enroll an elementary school as soon as possible. In 2000, when I was only 5^th, my father was so kind to fulfill my aim to enroll an elementary school. I was really happy and I thought that I will not be jealous anymore with the others. In fact, I was not jealous because my school was different from my mother’s school. When I knew that, I got mad and I was really sad but it changed as the time goes by. In 2001 up to 2006 I made a lot of friends. They were so kind, cute, and friendly. My friends and I often played together not only in school but also in our parents’ house. All of the things I had done in my childhood were mostly about having fun. I did not need to think about love with boyfriends or to think about difficulties to earn much money somehow. That was just happiness. To sum up, my childhood was full of love from my parents and my friends as well. I should be grateful to have all of them.

Luh Gede Tri Purwani Dewi

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